8 Responses to “Mural”

1. Justine Says:
   December 8th, 2004 at 11:17am

   But what is the man with the mallot doing? Bet you don’t know that. [Hint: he's playing a game]

2. Ren Says:
   December 8th, 2004 at 5:16pm

   I do. And I see them every day on the way home in the holding yards going through Newport.

3. Daniel Says:
   December 8th, 2004 at 7:31pm

   I do know… it has been explained to me… but I can’t quite remember what it’s called right now, dammit.

4. Ron Says:
   December 9th, 2004 at 7:06am

   Is he playing croquet?
   I definitely wouldn’t have gotten that without the clue though

5. Jean Says:
   December 9th, 2004 at 8:34am

   Ooh! Is it Truego? That may be spelt wrong…

6. Justine Says:
   December 9th, 2004 at 11:31am

   Ten points to Jean. It is indeed Trugo (a game developed by railway workers in the Newport railyards in the 1920s). They even have a website http://home.vicnet.net.au/~vtrugo/title.htm

   [The only reason I know all this is because I know someone who lives next door to one of the clubs]

7. Andrew Says:
   December 9th, 2004 at 2:35pm

   Yep, old enough to remember red rattlers. They were a proper train, on which you took a proper train journey and boy, did you know you were on a train. And when you were supposed to sit in the train forever in the Flinders St shunting yards, you could escape at least.

8. Chris Berkeley Says:
   February 8th, 2005 at 11:01pm

   I am developing the above entry in Wikipedia. Did you photograph the mural? If so can I have it for the Wikipedia entry?